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Details are key in Fontainebleau makeover
The $1 billion reinvention of the Fontainebleau paused recently on the topic of toilet paper. Rooms division chief Charlotte Rosenau wants all 1,500 upgraded rooms to have a distinctive look, and that includes the final flourish on a roll of bath tissue. Rosenau, a veteran of Las Vegas hotels, ruled the old triangular fold wouldn't do.
Jackson offers hope to boy in need of transplant
A disabled foster child whose quest for a life-saving liver transplant was rejected by a Central Florida hospital because he has no stable home is expected to arrive in Miami Wednesday to begin testing with Jackson Memorial Hospital's organ-transplant team.
Hurricane Bertha `got our attention'
As Bertha fizzles out at sea, forecasters say the first hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic season should remind Floridians that tropical storms can grow into ferocious hurricanes without much warning.
Dade schools unions intensify battle over raises
Two Miami-Dade school labor unions on Monday escalated their fight to stop the district from canceling scheduled pay raises, with one breaking off negotiations and the other preparing a lawsuit.
Poll: Diaz-Balarts' rivals close on their heels
A new poll suggests tight races between two Miami Democrats and the Cuban-American Republican members of Congress they are challenging.
Crash at Pembroke Pines airport kills pilot
A lone pilot was killed Monday after his single-engine plane crashed just moments after taking off from North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines, authorities said.
4 shot -- one fatally -- at Pompano party
At a Sunday night block party in Pompano Beach involving more than 100 revelers, the shooting of fireworks turned into a spray of gunfire that left one man dead, one gravely wounded and two others with minor gunshot injuries.
BSO abuse probe put in doubt
A police polygraph test used to justify the shutdown of a Broward sheriff's investigation into an inmate abuse claim is now suddenly in question, casting doubt on the agency's handling of the case.
Miami 21 plan is back on fast track to vote
After months in limbo, the city of Miami's far-reaching but controversial Miami 21 rezoning plan has suddenly picked up steam again and is on a fast track to a commission vote in December.
Plan for 'circulator' buses on right track
South Florida leaders need to find more ways to make the haphazard public transportation system efficient, accessible and convenient to a broader ridership.
Pygmy rattler bites shopper
A Wal-Mart shopper looking for a deal in the garden department found more than he bargained for when he startled a poisonous pygmy rattlesnake hiding in some plants.
Blaze burns through suspected boarding house
Thirteen people living in a possible boarding house near Fort Lauderdale escaped unharmed after a fire broke out early Saturday morning, Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue officials said.
Cargo ship ablaze on Miami River
Twenty fire trucks doused a massive blaze aboard a cargo ship Saturday night, and authorities reported all nine crew members were safely evacuated.
Man, 21, found slain in South Miami home
Police are investigating the killing of a young man found dead Saturday afternoon inside a home in a quiet South Miami neighborhood.
Obama courts evangelical Christian vote
BETH REINHARD breinhard@MiamiHerald.com T he Rev. Joel Hunter, pastor of a Florida mega-church and a Republican who voted twice for George W. Bush, was among 30 religious leaders invited to a private meeting with the 2008 presidential nominee.
Bullet halts enraged driver's attack
David Haroldo Figueroa was so enraged over a minor fender bender, Broward sheriff's deputies say, that he pummeled the other driver and then attempted to yank the man out of his van when he tried to drive away.
Teacher pay talks stall
In order to pay teachers and other employees their raises this year, the Miami-Dade school district would have to lay off 1,300 people, district officials said Thursday.
Orioles strike out, likely to leave town
Fort Lauderdale's latest attempt to keep the Baltimore Orioles baseball team from possibly leaving its spring training site has failed.
Second home invasion suspect dies
The second man shot by a Hialeah resident during an armed home invasion robbery has died, police said Thursday. Mijali Rodriguez, 27, died at Jackson Memorial Hospital after he was shot inside a home in the 700 block of West 53rd Street on Wednesday morning.
Driver survives after cigarette ignites van
Melvin Gonzalez, a welder, was motoring through Hialeah early Thursday morning in a van filled with with gasoline, acetylene, compressed oxygen and other tools of his trade.